Great Falls, Blackwater, and J.M. Clayton
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Hardened from the cool weather of Shenandoah Valley National Park, the Chesapeake Semester team made their way back eastward across the watershed. They would make many stops along the way, including Great Falls, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, and J.M. Clayton Co., exploring the changing ecology, habitat, and land-use of the Chesapeake.
Dr. Seidel and Kathy Thornton ’13 admire the natural phenomenon of Great Falls. Located along the fall line, which runs along the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, separating them from the Piedmont of the coast, these falls slowed Captain John Smith’s expedition up the Potomac river, forcing them to go ashore and explore on foot.
Mike Hardesty ’05
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